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Happy #EarthDay! 🌎💚 There are so many ways public schools can care for the earth by incorporating sustainable practices into learning and day-to-day operations. 🏫 Does your public school have any of these or other sustainable practices? Share with us in the comments and tag your school if they do so we can give them a shout-out!
#txed #txlege #sustainability #recycle
Happy #EarthDay! 🌎💚 There are so many ways public schools can care for the earth by incorporating sustainable practices into learning and day-to-day operations. 🏫 Does your public school have any of these or other sustainable practices? Share with us in the comments and tag your school if they do so we can give them a shout-out!
#txed #txlege #sustainability #recycle
For many Texas students, kindergarten is their introduction to the Texas public school system. 🚍✏️ Kindergarten programs and teachers are foundational for student success in public schools. Thank you for your work! #NationalKindergartenDay #txed #txlege
For many Texas students, kindergarten is their introduction to the Texas public school system. 🚍✏️ Kindergarten programs and teachers are foundational for student success in public schools. Thank you for your work! #NationalKindergartenDay #txed #txlege
Do you know how school funding in Texas compares to other states? Watch our latest school finance video to get the answer.
Plus, Texas students take #STAAR test and Lt. Gov. Patrick releases interim charges for the Texas Senate.
Read the full blog at www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/across-the-lawn-april-19-2024/
#AcrossTheLawn #TexasSchoolFunding #TxLege #TxEd #SchoolFunding
Do you know how school funding in Texas compares to other states? Watch our latest school finance video to get the answer.
Plus, Texas students take #STAAR test and Lt. Gov. Patrick releases interim charges for the Texas Senate.
Read the full blog at www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/across-the-lawn-april-19-2024/
#AcrossTheLawn #TexasSchoolFunding #TxLege #TxEd #SchoolFunding
"School districts are funded by the basic student allotment, which is set at $6,160 per student, and based on average daily attendance. Each day a student has an unexcused absence, this takes $35 away from the daily allotment the state sends to a local school district.
‘It`s a very archaic way of funding schools, and it guarantees that more money is going to be left in the state budget as a surplus for the legislature,` Dr. Johnson said. `The school funding system in Texas already sets us up to not get that full amount.`”
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/FundDFW or click the link in our bio!
"School districts are funded by the basic student allotment, which is set at $6,160 per student, and based on average daily attendance. Each day a student has an unexcused absence, this takes $35 away from the daily allotment the state sends to a local school district.
‘It`s a very archaic way of funding schools, and it guarantees that more money is going to be left in the state budget as a surplus for the legislature,` Dr. Johnson said. `The school funding system in Texas already sets us up to not get that full amount.`”
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/FundDFW or click the link in our bio!
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